It was on the same route along Interstate 5 five years earlier, before he ever put on an Oregon State uniform, that Ice slowly processed the jarring advice that changed his baseball career.

Ice was a high school sophomore who had fallen in love with the stadium and the campus during his 2011 visit to OSU. As he took a seat in the Goss Stadium players' lounge with his father and Beavers associate head coach Pat Bailey, Ice expected Bailey to conclude the tour with a scholarship offer. That offer did not come, and Ice openly questioned why.

Yet even after imploring the coach to be honest, the answer caught Ice off guard.

You need to lose weight -- about 20 pounds -- Bailey said.

The coach had seen Ice's potential during a showcase in Florida, but he and the staff did not feel comfortable making their eventual all-Pac-12 catcher an offer until they knew his body could handle the rigors of the Division I level.

"That was one of the bigger moments of my life," Ice said. "It's hard to hear the truth."

At 5-foot-10, Ice said he was "well over" 200 pounds. His size had never been an issue during his childhood in the Cal Ripken League, when he started regularly before his 10th birthday and developed into a varsity starter by his freshman year at Rogers High School.

Ice's high school coach measured his pop time -- the time it takes for the ball to go from the catcher's glove to the middle infielder's glove on a throw-out attempt - at 1.9 seconds as a sophomore.

"He's the most accurate throwing catcher I've ever seen," said Brett Jaime, his high school coach. "He has no wasted motion when he throws the ball."

Ability aside, Ice was susceptible to a fast food vice. While on the road during travel ball, quick trips to McDonald's, Wendy's and Taco Bell became the norm in the interest of time. His parents had raised the notion of dropping weight, but it never registered until that empty trip to Corvallis left him still searching for his first scholarship offer.

"I put my foot down and decided to make changes," Ice said.

The summer prior to his junior year led to a major transformation. He regularly ran on a treadmill for the first time, throwing on a sweatshirt and pushing himself for up to 40 minutes until he was drenched in sweat. Before teammates arrived at practice, he would arrive at the field early to run.

Ice simultaneously changed his diet and eliminated fast food, replacing double quarter pounders with turkey sandwiches prepared by his mother. Ice estimated that he lost the 20 pounds before the fall. Already known for his defensive skills, the weight loss unlocked another facet of his ability.

"Balls that he was never able to get out and block before, he was able to get out to," his father Steve Ice said. "The change in his body ... just quickened everything up."

He also dedicated himself to hitting in the family's garage each night, swinging at anywhere from 200 to 300 soft tosses until he had blisters on his hands. Ice scoured the internet for offensive tips to improve his approach and became an essential bat for his talented high school team.

The long-awaited scholarship offer came that school year, soon after he and his father produced a highlight video that they sent to the Oregon State staff. He went from undrafted out of high school to the Beavers' leader in on-base and slugging percentage the same year he earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.

"What really stands out about Logan is his defensive ability," Cleveland director of amateur scouting Brad Grant told Cleveland.com. "He's an advanced framer (of pitches) and an advanced defender behind the plate. And he put together a very good offensive year."

Ice allowed one passed ball all year, the fourth of his college career.

"Defensively, he's the best catcher I've had since I've been here," said Bailey, who completed his ninth season at Oregon State in May.

Ice expects to spend the next week at home with his family and friends, enjoying the time off before signing his first professional contract and making his first foray into the minor leagues. The past weeks have been bittersweet, as Oregon State's surprise exclusion from the NCAA Tournament ended Ice's tenure in Corvallis before he was ready.

The goodbyes were different than anticipated, including the one that came from Bailey the morning before the draft. Five years after delivering blunt, but life-changing guidance, the coach called Ice.

All he wanted was to let Ice know how thankful he was for all he had done.